Thunder Offseason Thread

Pillendreher · Post #2021 » by **Pillendreher** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 11:35 am

spearsy23 wrote:Oh, and add Gallo to the list of players we acquired two years too late.

Wanted to mention this actually, but couldn't bring myself to do it.

basketballRob · Post #2022 » by **basketballRob** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 11:35 am

spearsy23 wrote:SGA/Ferg/x/Gallo/Adams where x is hopefully a guy who can create and shoot a bit. That's where I'd like to be going into next season. I don't think both grant and Ferg can be in a lineup that doesn't score off Star power.

You guys are loaded. Two starters for one and all those assets. I wouldn't be surprised to see OKC get farther than the Clippers next year.

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Post #2023 » by **slick_watts** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 11:36 am

that is an incredible haul for paul george. great trade and great start to a rebuild. just a couple years too late. hopefully someone wants westbrook.

spearsy23 · Post #2024 » by **spearsy23** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 11:37 am

I'm kinda afraid what happens if Russ stays. Russ/SGA/Gallo/Grant/Adams is a really weird lineup with absolutely no strengths.

spearsy23 · Post #2025 » by **spearsy23** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 11:37 am

slick_watts wrote:that is an incredible haul for paul george. great trade and great start to a rebuild. just a couple years too late. hopefully someone wants westbrook.

Two years ago we don't get a haul that looks anything like this.

spearsy23 · Post #2026 » by **spearsy23** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 11:38 am

basketballRob wrote:
spearsy23 wrote:SGA/Ferg/x/Gallo/Adams where x is hopefully a guy who can create and shoot a bit. That's where I'd like to be going into next season. I don't think both grant and Ferg can be in a lineup that doesn't score off Star power.
You guys are loaded. Two starters for one and all those assets. I wouldn't be surprised to see OKC get farther than the Clippers next year.

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Uhhhhhhhhhhh..............

Post #2027 » by **slick_watts** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 11:39 am

spearsy23 wrote:
slick_watts wrote:that is an incredible haul for paul george. great trade and great start to a rebuild. just a couple years too late. hopefully someone wants westbrook.

Two years ago we don't get a haul that looks anything like this.

sure, but westbrook wouldn't have been worthless either.

i'm a bit nervous sam flips this for another star and tries to compete still.

spearsy23 · Post #2028 » by **spearsy23** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 11:40 am

slick_watts wrote:
spearsy23 wrote:
slick_watts wrote:that is an incredible haul for paul george. great trade and great start to a rebuild. just a couple years too late. hopefully someone wants westbrook.

Two years ago we don't get a haul that looks anything like this.

sure, but westbrook wouldn't have been worthless either.

i'm a bit nervous sam flips this for another star and tries to compete still.

I'd be very surprised if Russ is worthless. He was an all-star last year, he has name value, he's still a top twenty player.

Post #2029 » by **ThunderBolt** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 11:42 am

basketballRob wrote:
spearsy23 wrote:SGA/Ferg/x/Gallo/Adams where x is hopefully a guy who can create and shoot a bit. That's where I'd like to be going into next season. I don't think both grant and Ferg can be in a lineup that doesn't score off Star power.
You guys are loaded. Two starters for one and all those assets. I wouldn't be surprised to see OKC get farther than the Clippers next year.

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It is a nice haul. We won't be better than them next year. They actually have a nice cast around PG and KL. The lakers on the other hand have a roster to build.

Old Man Game · Post #2030 » by **Old Man Game** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 11:42 am

What a way to wake up. Wow. I've always thought nothing but love for PG for re-signing here in the first place. He played his heart out. He got injured. But he gave it his all.

And 5 firsts plus SGA. I'm excited.

Post #2031 » by **ThunderBolt** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 11:45 am

slick_watts wrote:
spearsy23 wrote:
slick_watts wrote:that is an incredible haul for paul george. great trade and great start to a rebuild. just a couple years too late. hopefully someone wants westbrook.

Two years ago we don't get a haul that looks anything like this.

sure, but westbrook wouldn't have been worthless either.

i'm a bit nervous sam flips this for another star and tries to compete still.

I think Sam will try to get proven players but it won't be to play along westbrook. Find an Oladipo-like player to pair with Shai.

Old Man Game · Post #2032 » by **Old Man Game** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 11:46 am

spearsy23 wrote:
slick_watts wrote:
spearsy23 wrote:Two years ago we don't get a haul that looks anything like this.

sure, but westbrook wouldn't have been worthless either.

i'm a bit nervous sam flips this for another star and tries to compete still.

I'd be very surprised if Russ is worthless. He was an all-star last year, he has name value, he's still a top twenty player.

You can never underestimate a team's desire to acquire a multi time all star that's still even still in sniffing distance of his prime. Think about all that the Nets gave up for Garnett and Pierce and those guys were well past their primes at that point.

Post #2033 » by **ThunderBolt** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 11:46 am

I'll never forget the feeling of logging on to realgm at 4:30am and seeing that Kawhi has been traded but noticing about 8 threads about okc and trying to figure out what was going on. Insanity.

Old Man Game · Post #2034 » by **Old Man Game** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 11:46 am

So much schadenfreude for the Lakers right now.

Pillendreher · Post #2035 » by **Pillendreher** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 11:47 am

Old Man Game wrote:And 5 firsts

Which probably won't be worth much. Miami never misses the Playoffs and the Clippers look to be set up for the foreseeable future. I don't care about some guy we might draft in 2026 who is still in middle school right now.

Post #2036 » by **ThunderBolt** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 11:48 am

If the heat were considering taking wall to get beal, I would think they would be very interested in Russ.

spearsy23 · Post #2037 » by **spearsy23** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 11:48 am

Old Man Game wrote:
spearsy23 wrote:
slick_watts wrote:
sure, but westbrook wouldn't have been worthless either.

i'm a bit nervous sam flips this for another star and tries to compete still.

I'd be very surprised if Russ is worthless. He was an all-star last year, he has name value, he's still a top twenty player.

You can never underestimate a team's desire to acquire a multi time all star that's still even still in sniffing distance of his prime. Think about all that the Nets gave up for Garnett and Pierce and those guys were well past their primes at that point.

Yep, Pierce/Garnett/Johnson were my immediate thoughts. Names have value, especially when they can still play.

Post #2038 » by **slick_watts** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 11:52 am

Pillendreher wrote:
Old Man Game wrote:And 5 firsts

Which probably won't be worth much. Miami never misses the Playoffs and the Clippers look to be set up for the foreseeable future. I don't care about some guy we might draft in 2026 who is still in middle school right now.

this is a brilliant trade by sam no matter how it shakes out. five first round picks is incredible + a pick swap + a promising player still on rookie scale. this is how you start a rebuild, bro. hopefully that's the direction sam is going in. the thing is, you combine those first round picks with (hopeully) the lottery picks you are getting while you suck. we'll have at least two 1sts almost every year. crazy.

spearsy23 · Post #2039 » by **spearsy23** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 11:54 am

ThunderBolt wrote:If the heat were considering taking wall to get beal, I would think they would be very interested in Russ.

That roster is awful though. Remove protections on that one pick, but what else do you want from them? Herro and adebayo? How do you match salaries?

Pillendreher · Post #2040 » by **Pillendreher** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 11:54 am

slick_watts wrote:
Pillendreher wrote:
Old Man Game wrote:And 5 firsts

Which probably won't be worth much. Miami never misses the Playoffs and the Clippers look to be set up for the foreseeable future. I don't care about some guy we might draft in 2026 who is still in middle school right now.

this is a brilliant trade by sam no matter how it shakes out. five first round picks is incredible + a pick swap + a promising player still on rookie scale. this is how you start a rebuild, bro. hopefully that's the direction sam is going in. the thing is, you combine those first round picks with (hopeully) the lottery picks you are getting while you suck. we'll have at least two 1sts almost every year. crazy.

Yes, I'm really excited, especially since "Sam" has whiffed on almost every draft pick since Roberson. A bunch of late firsts will really get this rebuild going. Yay!